Nightmare ride home

[Muscle Bike Rider]

The rain was so heavy tonight riding was a nightmare, no visability, roads partly flooded, loads of surface water etc, at least it gave me a chance to test out the tyres on my bike in the wet. The new avon road rider on the front which was on when I bought it aint to bad, lots of people say there unpredictable but I found it quite good, I'm not a hard rider so maybe it just suits my style of riding, A13 was chock a block so had to filter a good way, car drivers were good though pulling over to create more room, its definatley a whole new ball game filtering in heavy rain, the white lines are real slippy when you have to ride over them. Must invest in some rainex to see if it helps with keeping the visor clear, anyone else caught out in tonights downpour?
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[EXC-Rider]

i fill you bro.

a127 was hell came home and looked like i fell in the ocean.
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[waffles]

Glad I drove in to work today, although I did look like a drowned rat by the time I had run from reception to my car! Didn't notice the fecking huge puddle that was slowly consuming everything in the carpark until I was ankle deep in it. Consequently my trainers and coat are drying off in the airing cupboard.

Forgot my umbrella today too
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[DrDonnyBrago]

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[Moxey]

Got caught out at uni without water proofs but strangely loved the 30 mile slog of filtering in torrential through downpour along the a66, guess it was the lightning flashes and some fireworks going off int he distance that made the whole things just feel awesome (till I got home and realised just how fucking cold and wet I was plus my Malboros got soaked right through )
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[Acemastr]

RainX is fine on visors, even Arai PR guys say so.


I quite enjoyed my ride home, was raining and fairly wet but with Pilot Road 2's you may as well be riding in the dry, bloody love these tyres
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[JoeDougieDoug...]

Those of you who rode on the A13 and A127, you from around Southend?

I rode in the wet today, luckily I had just got home when it started really coming down, but it was my first ever night ride, and my first ever rain ride at the same time. Although the CBF took it nicely, seemed just as stable as in the dry.
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CBT Passed - 22 / 10 / 11 >> Theory Passed - 16 / 02 / 2012 >> Mod 1 Passed - 07 / 03 / 2012 >> Mod 2 Passed - 18 / 05 / 2012.

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[JoeDougieDoug...]

Shoeburyness here But I will be riding up the A127 fairly frequently from Sunday as the family live that way. If you see me (nervous looking guy on a white CBF), Say Hi or toot your horn!
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CBT Passed - 22 / 10 / 11 >> Theory Passed - 16 / 02 / 2012 >> Mod 1 Passed - 07 / 03 / 2012 >> Mod 2 Passed - 18 / 05 / 2012.

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[Pol Anorl]

i just did dover to bexly via m2 and back.

I can barely lift my leather jacket now its that wet.
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[hellkat]

I stayed at work 15 minutes longer, and just missed the rain.
The ride was still filthy though. Solid filtering from Blackfriars Underpass all the way to my exit.

I tend to leave my visor up, or half-flipped at the very most, so I dunno about Rainex or stuff like that.

About to set off for work just now, though - can't get away with leaving it much longer ... I think I am going to get a bit damp
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[G]

I've always found Avon's predictable.
Predictably bad .
Which is fine, providing you remember to take it easy and that if someone pulls out on you, still don't try heavy braking etc.

[Kris]

I got a face full of gutter water last night. Yum.


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[Louise]

Only ever riden once in a really bad downpour few years back.
This morning was hiddious outside, pretty much most of the roads were underwater - So I waited a while.
I cant seem to find the nerve to filter in heavy rain I seem to go pretty stiff in wet weather

[Andy_Pagin]

[banditjohn]

Rain Clear works a treat in the wet, think Wilkinsons do it for about a fiver